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LibriVox recording of "Famous Men of the Middle Ages" by John H. Haaren and A.B. Poland
"THE study of history, like the study of a landscape, should begin with the most conspicuous features. Not until these have been fixed in memory will the lesser features fall into their appropriate places and assume their right proportions.
The famous men of ancient and modern times are the mountain peaks of history. It is logical then that the study of history should begin with the biographies of these men.
Not only is it logical; it is also pedagogical. Experience has proven that in order to attract and hold the child's attention each conspicuous feature of history presented to him should have an individual for its center. The child identifies himself with the personage presented. It is not Romulus or Herecules or Alexander that the child has in mind when be reads, but himself, acting under similar conditions." (Excerpt from the Preface of "Famous Men of the Middle Ages")
M4B audiobook of complete book
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Artist/Composer: John H. Haaren and A.B. Poland
Date: 2008-02-08
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; medieval; middle ages; biography; history
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| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 00 - Preface |
3.7 MB
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2.7 MB
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1.9 MB
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| 01 - The Gods of the Teutons |
10.4 MB
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5.3 MB
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5.2 MB
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| 02 - The Nibelungs |
12.0 MB
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6.1 MB
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6.0 MB
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| 03 - Alaric the Visigoth |
8.2 MB
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6.5 MB
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4.1 MB
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| 04 - Attila the Hun |
9.1 MB
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7.0 MB
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4.6 MB
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| 05 - Genseric the Vandal |
10.0 MB
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7.2 MB
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5.0 MB
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| 06 - Theodoric the Ostrogoth |
6.7 MB
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2.9 MB
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3.4 MB
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| 07 - Clovis |
9.7 MB
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7.8 MB
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4.8 MB
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| 08 - Justinian the Great |
9.2 MB
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6.7 MB
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4.6 MB
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| 09 - Mohammed |
11.5 MB
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8.9 MB
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5.7 MB
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| 10 - Charles Martel and Pepin |
9.6 MB
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7.6 MB
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4.8 MB
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| 11 - Charlemagne |
8.4 MB
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4.6 MB
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4.2 MB
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| 12 - Haren-al-Raschid |
5.8 MB
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3.4 MB
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2.9 MB
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| 13 - Egbert the Saxon |
5.5 MB
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3.1 MB
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2.7 MB
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| 14 - Rollo the Viking |
9.4 MB
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7.5 MB
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4.7 MB
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| 15 - Alfred the Great |
6.3 MB
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3.7 MB
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3.2 MB
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| 16 - Henry the Fowler |
5.4 MB
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3.2 MB
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2.7 MB
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| 17 - Canute the Great |
3.9 MB
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2.3 MB
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1.9 MB
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| 18 - The Cid |
7.4 MB
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4.4 MB
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3.7 MB
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| 19 - Edward the Confessor |
4.2 MB
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2.2 MB
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2.1 MB
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| 20 - William the Conqueror |
6.3 MB
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3.6 MB
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3.2 MB
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| 21 - Peter the Hermit |
6.5 MB
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3.2 MB
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3.2 MB
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| 22 - Frederick Barbarossa |
5.4 MB
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2.8 MB
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2.7 MB
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| 23 - Henry II and his sons |
11.8 MB
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6.2 MB
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5.9 MB
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| 24 - Louis IX |
6.6 MB
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5.2 MB
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3.3 MB
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| 25 - Robert Bruce |
7.2 MB
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5.9 MB
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3.6 MB
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| 26 - Marco Polo |
7.1 MB
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3.7 MB
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3.6 MB
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| 27 - Edward the Black Prince |
8.3 MB
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4.4 MB
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4.1 MB
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| 28 - William Tell and Arnold von Winkelreid |
6.3 MB
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3.4 MB
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3.2 MB
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| 29 - Tamerlane |
4.7 MB
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2.0 MB
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2.3 MB
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| 30 - Henry V |
7.2 MB
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4.0 MB
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3.6 MB
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| 31 - Joan of Arc |
7.6 MB
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5.6 MB
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3.8 MB
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| 32 - Gutenberg |
6.2 MB
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3.5 MB
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3.1 MB
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| 33 - Warwick the Kingmaker |
9.2 MB
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5.7 MB
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4.6 MB
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Reviewer:
Timothy Ferguson -
Subject:
Not a lot of detail, but an interesting sampler.
You know how you can get those boxes of sampler chocolates, where you get to try things, so that you go "You know, I think I liked the hazelnut swirl, but didn't like the Turkish delight. I must get a box of those hazelnut swirls."? This book is a little like that, for medieval biograhpies. It's not, of itself, a deep biography of anyone, but there are some characters here that I now know I want to follow up elsewhere. Also, this is part of a series (Greece, Rome, "Modern") and I'll be following up those.
So, good not so much for depth, as for the variety of things it dips into.